The Indianapolis journal., 1887-07-17
cArrLE-RAIsING IN THE FAR WEST.
The Changed Condition, and Who May Sue
ceed-The Capital Necessary.

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ceed-The Capital Necessary.
Theodore Roosevelt in New York sun.
The day for making great fortunes ont of cat
tie raising has passed. 1t was q barbaric voca-
ton, needing barbaric conditions 1t required
perfectly iimitless area of unoccupie1 and virgin
vegetation among other things and this is no
longer to be had. The Northwest is practically
fully occupied by ranches now. And yet the
accustomed to manual labor; are persevering,
thrifty, and can stand any amount of hard
work and disappointment There is
wna IS ssrs for n.nusss sns
than to think that all that is needed for success
West is the fact OF having failed in the East.
The men from the East who succeed the best
there blacksrniths. farmers or young men
brought up in the country. To succeed they
find that both moral and physical qualities of
peculiar kind needed. But if they have
them they will get along much faster and fur
ther than their fellow-farmers and mechanics of
the East. On stock ranch tho work is very
Possesses a natural aptitude for finding their
way out of the wilderness and for riding rough
horses. 1t takes good physical development.
iaoorious apprenslcesnip, confidence pluck ana
good nature. The Eastern laboring man asks
for working day of eight hours, but have
worked for six weeks at a time when 1t got off
with sixteen hours of work IN day considered
myself lucky. On the roundup all hands arc in
from dawn till night
No man ought to put money into stock raising
until he has worked at it with his hands for q
to 60 out prepared to do any kind Of odd jobs to
get living, and then work his way by degrees
tiAhe can earn good wages. For the first year
or two he ought not to Rave any capital and
after that. when he starts for himself, the moro
he has the better It is difficult to name any
sum upon which he should begin, so very much
depends upon the man. / have known q couple
OF cowboys to start in and do we'll on $1,000
saved from their wages, but have never known
Eastern men to do
have spoken discouragingly in declaring the
available land already nearly all occupied. but
the chances for newcomers will continue to Of
Three or four young men should band together.
and by getting hold of land on good stream
and fencing it and putting up hay for their stock
in the winter, should begin with few head of
cattle and work their way up. The summer
grazing land is free to all and will be for long
while. but under the changing conditions it
will be necessary to purchase 1000 acres
more less from tho government for the
care OF stock in the winter. There will not be
vast profits in such q way OF conducting the
business. but the day Of great profits in that
business is gone. The work now offers induce
ments rather TO such q man farmer in the
East, who is struggling against debt and cannot
educate his children as he would like to, but
who, in the far West, can make small profit
and lift his head above anxiety, changing his
condition from that of losing little to that of
making q little. which il q great revolution in
ones circumstances. The ranchman of this
tppe and that is to say tho ranchman of the
future will be something of granger we'll as
q mere stockman. He will let his stock roam in
summer over the grazing country, which will
long be great common, but he must own lit
tie land on which to raise suetenance for them
in winter. He should be q strong and not an old
man, and ono accustomed to hard work and to
facing and overcoming obstacles. He can get q
tract of 160 acres from the government but he
partnership of several men rather than venture
single-handed